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Has Anyone's Baby Ever Been Diagnosed with Trisomy 18?

Recently I attended the birth of a baby who had Trisomy 18. There are a number of great resources ... My son was born with Trisomy 21 more common known as Down's Syndrome. ... Healthy Pregnancy After a Chromosomal Defect Pregnancy ...

2 Vessels in the Umbilical Cord

Even if the baby does not appear to have birth defects, the pregnant woman ... ME I SHOULD HAVE A AMNIO DONE TO SEE IF THE BABY HAD DOWN SYNDROME DONT WORRY ...

Getting Pregnant at 47

A man's age and health can also contribute to birth defects. .... In the book she said that none of the babies have had down syndrome, even though their ...

Genzyme Test

(Ie we would not have considered aborting the baby simply because of downs or any other birth defect. ... First Trimester Screening for down Syndrome ...

SUA - Single Umbilical Cord Artery

I was told that this was a "soft sign" for Down Syndrome which freaked me out even more. .... My son is 25 months old and has no birth defects at all. ...

Pregnancy & Genetic Testing

The risk of having a child with a birth defect can occur at any age, I know a lot of people much younger that have a child with Down syndrome and many older ...

Heart Defects found...waiting Amnio Results

At the level 2, the doctor discovered a heart defect, and two other abnormal measurements. This lead him to believe our daughter had Down Syndrome, ...

Premenopause Fertility Issues

Certainly as we age, so do our eggs, causing the risk for Down's Syndrome, or other birth defects to be much more likely. I would certainly address your ...

False-positive Quad Screen?

... and they told us it was a huge chance of cerebal palsy and other birth defects. .... We had our test come back for Down SYndrome 1/247. I was so scared . ...

First Trimester Screening

I have two friends who had babies with Down's Syndrome. ... they also knew she had a heart defect that would require special treatment at birth. ...

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pregnant woman will probably be monitored carefully for the remainder of the pregnancy because of a somewhat increased risk of poor fetal growth in 2 answers "... pregnant woman will probably be monitored carefully for the remainder of the pregnancy because of a somewhat increased risk of poor fetal growth ..."
woman whose baby is diagnosed with single umbilical artery during an ultrasound examination may be offered prenatal testing using ultrasound evaluation of the fetal heart and amniocentesis to diagnose or rule out chromosomal abnormalities in 2 answers "... woman whose baby is diagnosed with single umbilical artery during an ultrasound examination may be offered prenatal testing using ultrasound evaluation of the fetal heart and amniocentesis to diagnose or rule out chromosomal abnormalities."
about 1 percent of singleton and about 5 percent of multiple pregnancies have an umbilical cord that contains only two blood vessels in 2 answers "... About 1 percent of singleton and about 5 percent of multiple pregnancies have an umbilical cord that contains only two blood vessels ..."
studies suggest that about 25 percent of babies with single umbilical artery have birth defects in 2 answers "... studies suggest that about 25 percent of babies with single umbilical artery have birth defects ..."
ultrasound examination shows that the baby appears to have no other abnormalities in 2 answers "... ultrasound examination shows that the baby appears to have no other abnormalities ..."

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